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Chris Harrison
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Vinyl records, going to gigs, photography, art, books, films, football...we're all lying in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the stars...
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Morning all.

First snow in Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland 1981.
Photographer Gilles Peress.
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#adventsingles
8. Sid Marx and the Bum Notes - Silent Night
Comical interlude for today's choice...
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Terrifying report on apartheid Israel's dystopian tracking, surveillance and control of every aspect of the people in Gaza's lives. #GazaGenocide
Life in Gaza under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#adventsingles
7. The Dickies - Silent Night
December 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#adventsingles
6. Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#adventsingles
5. The La's - There She Goes
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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4. The Greedies - A Merry Jingle
Pistols/Lizzy combo from Xmas '79
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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3. Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
Catchy earworm of a tune. Who doesn't like Echo Beach...?
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Richard Boyd Barrett, TD People Before Profit, at our National March speaking about our government's shameful refusal to sanction apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against Palestinians. #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#adventsingles
2. Them - Gloria
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#adventsingles
1. REM - Near Wild Heaven...one of my favourite REM tunes...
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#weekendsingles #thepogues #shanemcgowan #vinylrecords
Some pogues singles to finish the weekend on Shane McGowan's 2nd anniversary...
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Funny how the people screaming about “migrant mobs” skip over the original one: a boatload of desperate Europeans who arrived uninvited, were fed, sheltered, and taught how to survive… and then repaid that kindness with violence, theft, and genocide. 🙃
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Never a frown with Hugh Cornwell tonight in the Empire Music Hall, Belfast...
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tonight's gig...
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Hi folks, the next poll will commence on Friday 12th December and will feature debut albums released between 1970 to 1974. Please use the hashtag #5debutalbums7074 for recommendations and to give your favourites a plug! You’ll have 3 weeks to decide on your top 5 choices from that era, see you then.
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords
#vinylcommunity
A couple of recent purchases...
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Injured Palestinians are still arriving, most of them children, as Israeli strikes continue across the Gaza Strip.
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Hi folks, the next debut albums poll will commence on Friday 14th November and will feature albums released between 2010 to 2014. Please use hashtag #5debutalbums1014 to showcase your favourites and recommendations. See you for the voting in 3 weeks time! 👍
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Hi folks, thanks very much to everyone who sent their picks for #5debutalbums8084 it’s now time for the results. Congratulations to REM who top the chart with Murmur, attached is the top 100 chart where the top 30 are guaranteed a semi final spot. I’ll post the next challenge around 7pm tonight…
October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords
Here's all 17 singles from this compilation I bought in '92 with sleeve notes from Jake Burns...
October 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#weekendsingles #vinylrecords
Here's all 18 singles off this compilation album I bought in '91...
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM